The Great Golden Arches & Midway Debacle

As a child of the 1980's, there were two things in my youth that
captured my attention and filled me with the kind of joy I've only
witnessed in recent years as each of my daughters turned one and were
introduced to cake - cake in their mouths, in their hair, up their
noses, delicious delicious cake - video games and McDonald's. So in the
early summer of a year I won't mention so as not to date myself, on the
last day of school (or thereabouts) a friend (okay, really more of an
acquaintance who shared my fondness for pixelated arcade style
shenanigans) invited me to join him and his family at Six Flags, after
which we would hit the Golden Arches near the park. It didn't matter how
close or not we were, all that mattered was what rattled around my head
as he extended the invite... read the rest at LinkedIn.